Movies and TV shows set in eastern europe – page 7
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Radu, 45, rich and single, manages his business with a strong, unwavering hand and no scruples. His competition is now leading a charge against him on the stock market, which prompts Radu to remember a childhood game of beer bottle caps, a game that ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, existential
Plot:
heart attack, businessman, transplant, moral dilemma, corporation, anti hero, introspection, midlife crisis, moral ambiguity, nostalgia, memory, stock market ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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329
Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Anastasia is 13 and her sister Diana is 11. The two sisters live in a Latvian orphanage. When they find out that an American family is ready to adopt them, Diana cannot wait to move to the States, while Anastasia is less excited about the idea of ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, dramatic, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
adoption, orphanage, sibling relationship, coming of age, sisterhood, mother and daughter, teenager, adolescence, children, childhood, family drama, choice ...
Place:
latvia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in 1983, behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe in Budapest, the film follows Frank, the charismatic singer of a banned punk band that carries the voice of their generation against a totalitarian regime. Taken to the police psychiatric ...
Style:
dark, tense, historical drama, period piece, political drama ...
Plot:
totalitarian regime, political repression, authoritarianism, anti establishment, punk, police station, resistance, political persecution, oppression, iron curtain, imprisonment, mental institution ...
Time:
80s
Place:
budapest, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime
Country: Slovakia
TV show
Story:
City of the Shadows is original Slovak crime TV series, broadcast since April 11, 2008 on the Markíza. It was produced by DNA Production company. The episodes are based on real events.
TV series received the "Televízna udalosť roka“ Award ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, forensics, police procedural, who done it, crime solving, crime investigation, uncover truth, secret, criminal, murder investigation, justice, city ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A continuation of a story started in the drama "With Clean Hands" (1972).
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, action drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mafia, revenge, corruption, justice, determination, investigation, undercover, police procedural, espionage, cat and mouse, partnership, smuggling ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Coming of age story of four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw just before the outbreak of World War One.
Style:
realistic, emotional, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
friendship, poverty, coming of age, grownups, adolescence, female friendship, girl, loss of innocence, urban, working class, intimate, slice of life ...
Time:
1910s, turn of the century
Place:
warsaw poland, poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Gruber is a normal 16-year-old growing up in Budapest in 1962, but he has a problem -- how does he get to know the opposite sex? At the Sunday afternoon dance classes the young "ladies and gentlemen" hold each other while dancing, and that ...
Style:
teen, lighthearted, period piece, romantic comedy, humorous
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
teenager, grownups, coming of age, adolescence, innocence, youth, sexual awakening, first love, shyness, flirting, slice of life, youth culture ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hungary, budapest, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, melancholic, medical drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reconnaissance, female protagonist, world war two, sacrifice, patriotism, resilience, espionage, courage, post war, survival, political intrigue, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, kiev ukraine, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Azerbaijan, Moldova
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Intigam Agayev is already leaving for Moldova. Siyavush and Intigam are trying to get Intigam elected mayor of Chisinau. However, his rival Gabriel prevents him from being elected mayor. And at this time, their adventures continue. Intigam calls his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, ironic ...
Plot:
political satire, friendship, humour, mayor, friends, political intrigue, political unrest, politics, town mayor, irony of fate, relationships, corrupt mayor ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two female clerks using up their savings to enjoy a few days of carefree life, two plumbers looking for an erotic adventure, a building contractor determined to drink away all wages of his workers and a former major who became an alcoholic due to ...
Style:
melancholic, period piece, realistic, poignant
Plot:
nightlife, frustration, alcoholism, nightclub, escape, slice of life, social realism, working class, alienation, regret, introspection, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe, slovakia
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159
Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate people in the city's suburbia to steal, cheat, and even kill for the money.
Style:
black and white, crime drama, bleak, neo noir, noir ...
Plot:
boxing, suburbs, survival, desperation, urban decay, poverty, corruption, violence, heist, moral ambiguity, hopelessness, working class ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe, belgrade, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a regiment of Hungarian hussars stationed in Poland. The hussars, mostly ordinary men, have heard news of the uprising and wish to return to the homeland to defend the newly independent country. The Empire, on the other ...
Style:
tense, tension, melancholic, epic, period drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revolution, patriotism, military, desertion, escape, sacrifice, pursuit, courage, brotherhood, cavalry, nationalism, survival ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
eastern europe, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, christmas special, captivating, entertaining, thrilling ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, snow, winter, holiday, xmas, unlikely friendships, christmas spirit, christmas season, opposites attract, road trip, holiday romance, misadventure ...
Place:
vienna, eastern europe
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143
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, Serbia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Ruslana floods her Munich flat, Vladan, a former Boxer from Serbia, comes to her rescue. It is the night when Ruslana's son Bogdan should finally come from Kiev. He rather falls in love with the spoiled pop-starlet Maria, for whom he is ...
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, realistic
Plot:
longing, bittersweet, nostalgia, intimate, slice of life, young love, immigration, love triangle, diaspora, moral dilemma, temptation, music industry ...
Place:
eastern europe, munich germany, belgrade, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The profound depths of Ernõ Szép's life and poetry are revived in a new film adaptation of the poet's novel, 'The Smell of Humans'. This stoic and lyrical narrative of twenty fateful days offers an authentic account of an ...
Style:
reflective, lyrical, melancholic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
humanity, poetry, poet, memory, biopic, literary, haunting, survival, loss, resilience, oppression, anti semitism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This is a story about a guy who is willing to sell the soul, just to dial million views for your videos on YouTube. On the way to his goal, he turns into a fast train "Moscow - Vladivostok», where faced with an American actress, suffering ...
Style:
absurd, feel good, ironic, road movie, unpredictable ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
tiger, escapades, dispute, actress, train travel, disorder, society, dark humor, filmmaking, adaptation, chase, internet culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.
Style:
tension, crime drama, suspenseful, dark, noir
Plot:
abduction, investigative journalism, hostage situation, human trafficking, police investigation, survival, claustrophobia, paranoia, organized crime, political corruption, culture clash, language barrier ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, transylvania
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 64 min.
TV show
Story:
A criminal series set in Czech Republic, where a group of top class detectives are solving cases based on a true stories.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, detective, dramatic ...
Plot:
true crime, investigation, teamwork, crime investigation, police detective, police investigation, police station, criminal, police procedural, law enforcement, crime scene, felony ...
Place:
prague, central europe, czech republic, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Locked away in the Jewish ghetto of an occupied Ukrainian town in 1941, a mother revisits her life in a last letter to her son.
Style:
bleak, poignant, historical drama, reflective, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
holocaust, persecution, world war two, jewish ghetto, anti semitism, mature, grief, loss, haunting, family tragedy, mother son relationship, witness ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe, ukraine
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At a gas station in the middle of nowhere, a young man arrives to meet his father he hasn't seen for 30 years. On the same day, a van with four prostitutes breaks down at the very same gas station, on the way to Switzerland. The three days they ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gas station, prostitute, pimp, filling station, changing lives, car breakdown, lifestyle change, character study, father son reunion, moral ambiguity, isolation, male protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tension, intense ...
Plot:
world war two, brothers, family conflict, conflict, brotherhood, anthropologist, collaboration, feud, war, brother, family feud, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The police hire a convicted bank robber to crack the Ministry of Interior's vault during the final days of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. But what they find inside is quite different from what they were expecting.
Style:
tense, twist ending, suspense, crime drama, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
safecracking, political intrigue, heist, political unrest, betrayal, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, conspiracy, anti hero, locked room, totalitarian regime, claustrophobia ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
eastern europe, budapest
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
This is a modern and exciting story about BIA agents in Belgrade who eliminate the most dangerous threats to Serbia behind the eyes of the public on a daily basis and lead the struggle in the labyrinth of domestic and foreign intrigues.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
secret service, espionage, world politics, state affairs, special agent, secret agent, public defender, top secret, politics, crime boss, intrigue, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Vele can’t afford to buy the expensive medications for his father who has cancer. Desperate, he steals marijuana from some criminals, makes a cake with it and gives it to his father, hoping it will reduce his pain. His father’s health ...
Style:
indie film, black comedy, tension, tense, suspense
Plot:
marijuana, desperation, poverty, family drama, illegal drugs, working class, survival, moral ambiguity, sacrifice, realism, hopes, empathy ...
Place:
eastern europe, macedonia, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sedam I Po is a Serbian movie. Seven stories from the hood that connects the leitmotif of the seven deadly sins, in a comic way of treating everyday life if Belgrade people, possessed by it's own small weaknesses. Tthey do not hesitate to go ...
Style:
anthology, satirical, dark comedy, art house, deep ...
Plot:
lust, envy, greed, pride, passion, obsession, morality, working class, satire, social commentary, slice of life, urban ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
belgrade, serbia, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
ZERO is an 0 sucking in a young deserter, a casino victim and three heroin brothers. That is a destiny, a mixture of objectives and desires of heroes. That is a lifestyle balancing on the edge - bullets, numbers and needles.
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, not serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, partner, sexual content, on the run, disorder, chases and races, profanity, gangster, lifestyle, drug abuse, addiction, heroin ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
lithuania, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
In November 1980, the widow of A. Tolstoy was robbed. Antiques are taken out of the apartment, but, most importantly, the Royal Lily brooch, made for Louis XV, disappears of extraordinary beauty. Since Tolstoy's widow has extensive connections ...
Style:
serious, detective, suspense, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
jewel theft, investigation, heist, investigator, escapades, rivalry, frame up, stolen jewelry, police investigation, police officer, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
ussr, russia, eastern europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story:
Fairytales of nations of Russia
Style:
anthology, fairy tale, sincere, folk tale, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
mythology, heroes, folklore, tradition, storytelling, adventure hero, hotshot hero, legends and myths, customs, obsessive quest, folk hero, indigenous people ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On the verge of retirement, Commissioner Gintas must undertake the investigation of a series of heinous murders, a dangerous task that could expose the many dirty secrets of several prominent members of the social elite of a small Lithuanian town.
Style:
bleak, crime thriller, suspenseful, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
political corruption, investigation, small town, dark past, police commissioner, serial killer, elite, suicide, cover up, investigator, corruption, murder mystery ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
lithuania, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The story about the founders of the famous "Yugoslav Basketball School" and the first gold medal at the Championships in Ljubljana in 1970, is based on real events and is dedicated to personalities who have contributed to the emergence and ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
basketball, historical figure, athlete's life, sport team, ambition, teamwork, basketball team, champion, basketball player, athlete and trainer, winner, historical character ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
former yugoslavia, eastern europe, slovenia, bosnia herzegovina
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